Bulletin Board

Paper deadlines to be submitted to the Bulletin Board should be submitted five months ahead.

Announcements

Journals

Children's Literature is moving its editorial offices to Hollins College, and the new editor will be Elizabeth Keyser. Please send all future submissions to Professor Elizabeth Keyser, Department of English, Hollins College, Roanoke, VA 24020. Children's Literature will continue to be published by Yale University Press.

Geri DeLuca and Roni Natov, the founding editors of The Lion and The Unicorn, will conclude their work on that journal with Volume 15, Number 2 "Gender Issues," and then transfer the editorship to two new co-editors, Louisa Smith and Jack Zipes. The editorial offices will be located at Mankato State University, Mankato, Minnesota. The Lion and The Unicorn will continue to be published by the Johns Hopkins University Press.

Paper Call

Children's Literature Association Quarterly Fall 1993, Deadline January 31, 1993 Fathers and Sons

Papers are invited for a special issue on fathers and sons. Possible topics include (but are not limited to) the absent or inadequate father in adolescent literature; the historical evolution of ideals of fatherhood or filial duty as seen in narratives for children or handbooks for parents; father-son relationships in films or television serials for the young; sons' inheritance of/coming to terms with paternal power, ambition, incapacity, or injustice; the treatment of father-surrogates in (for example) school stories or fairy tales.

Manuscripts should be approximately 4000-7000 words, double-spaced, and in conformity with current MLA style. Send 3 copies of the manuscript; authors' names should appear only on the title page. Manuscripts can be returned only if SASE is included. The deadline for submissions is January 31, 1993. Address manuscripts to:

Claudia Nelson
c/o ChLA Quarterly
5906 Fairlane Drive
Austin, TX 78731-4417

Paper Call

Children's Literature Association Quarterly Winter 1994, Deadline May 1, 1993 Mothers and Daughters in Children's Literature

Papers are invited for a Special Section on mothers and daughters in children's literature. Possible topics include female writers' relationships with their own mothers as reflected in their writing; mother-daughter conflict and rivalry in children's books; the role of the mother in a daughter's search for identity; mother surrogates and stepmothers; recent developments in psychoanalytic and feminist theory as they apply to the relationships between mothers and daughters in children's literature.

Since mothering activities inhere in the writing of children's literature, theoretical and historical approaches which construe this topic in generous and innovative ways are welcome, along with those more narrowly focused.

Manuscripts should be typed and double-spaced and in conformity with the revised MLA handbook style. Send original and two copies of the manuscript, with the author's name appearing only on the title page. Address manuscripts or inquiries to the following:

Mitzi Myers
2206 Bedford Drive
Fullerton, CA 92631-1504
(714) 993-4472 for inquiries.

Award

The Harvey Darton Award for best book on the history of British children's books published 1990-91 has been presented to Mrs. Marjorie Moon for Benjamin Tabbart's Juvenile Library (St. Paul's Bibliographies, 1990), a bibliographical study of a little known bookseller who published children's books from his shop in Bond Street at the beginning of the nineteenth century. Brian Alderson, Gillian Avery, and Dennis Butts were the adjudicators. The British Children's Books History Society intends to give the Harvey Darton Award every two years to the work which best contributes fresh and detailed knowledge about the history of British children's books.

Mini-Grants

The Ezra Jack Keats Foundation announces for the fourth year the availability of mini-grants in the sum of $500 each for public libraries, to be used to instill a love of literature in children and to foster literacy and creativity.

Mini-Grants are not to be used in conjunction with other funds, but are granted for projects exclusively sponsored by the Ezra Jack Keats Foundation. Programs that will be considered include innovative or noteworthy workshops, lectures, seminars and festivals. Programs targeted at parents will also be considered. Funds are not to be used primarily for general operations, administrative costs, purchase of books and...